Adopted rulemaking

DEQ proposes rules to increase water quality fees by 3 percent above the fiscal year 2017 fees for National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System, Water Pollution Control Facility and Water Pollution Control Facility permits specific to onsite septic systems.

DEQ must raise fees to support the permitting program and continue delivering services to regulated entities. Without this increase, DEQ would need to reduce permitting staff and forego implementing improvements to the program.

It is necessary to perform a rulemaking to establish the new fees by Nov. 1, 2017, to fund water quality permit program support.

At the end of the 2015 session, the Oregon Legislature approved a policy option package for a third party to conduct an independent review and provide an implementation plan to improve Oregon’s NPDES permitting program. A delay beyond Nov. 1, 2017, would cause revenue to fall short of current projections and jeopardize implementation of the third party recommendations to improve the program.

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